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Determining the authenticity of purported pre-Columbian artifacts is never easy. Carbon-14 dating of these artifacts is often impossible due to contamination by radioactive palladium (which occurs naturally in the soils of Central and South America). However, historians and anthropologists have evolved two reliable criteria, which, utilized in combination, have proven effective for dating these artifacts. First, because authentic pre-Columbian artifacts characteristically occur in a coarse, granular matrix that is shifted by major earthquakes, they often exhibit the unique scratch patterns known as gridding. In addition, true pre-Columbian artifacts show a darkening in surface color that is caused by centuries of exposure to the minute amounts of magnesium in the soil of the Americas.

The criteria above would be LEAST useful in judging the authenticity of which of the following?

AAn ax head of black obsidian, unearthed from a kitchen midden
BA pottery bowl with a red ocher design, found in the ruins of a temple
CA set of gold ear weights, ornamented with jasper pendants
DA black feather cape from a king's burial vault
EA multicolored woven sash found near the gravesite of a slave

正确答案: D

885 test C 9 考古题里的考古问题。并谢谢大家！

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The characteristics of authenticity by the new cretera are:
1. unique scratch patterns on surface
2. a darkening in surface color

Can you tell from "a black feather cape" whether it has these two characteristics?
That why we choose "d"